Establishment of the digital euro
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Summary written by AI from the official roll-call record. It can make mistakes, so check the numbers.
- For416
- Against169
- Abstained22
- Absent112
- Margin
- +247
- Turnout
- 84%
How the groups voted
GroupForAgainstAbstainedAbsentUnity
The Left453420994%
S&D1351110024100%
Greens/EFA53490
By country
- DE Germany68–20–0
- FR France38–25–5
- IT Italy46–7–0
- ES Spain46–7–0
- PL Poland3–32–10
- RO Romania
Every MEP
- Mika AALTOLAEPP · FI
- Maravillas ABADÍA JOVEREPP · ES
- Magdalena ADAMOWICZEPP · PL
- Georgios AFTIASEPP · GR
- Oihane AGIRREGOITIA MARTÍNEZRenew · ES
- Peter AGIUSEPP · MT
- Alex AGIUS SALIBAS&D · MT
- Abir AL-SAHLANIRenew · SE
- Galato ALEXANDRAKIECR · GR
- Grégory ALLIONERenew · FR
- Nikolaos ANADIOTISNon-attached · GR
- Christine ANDERSONESN · DE
- Li ANDERSSONThe Left · FI
- Rasmus ANDRESENGreens/EFA · DE
- Barry ANDREWSRenew · IE
- Mieke ANDRIESEPfE · NL
- Vytenis Povilas ANDRIUKAITISS&D · LT
- Mathilde ANDROUËTPfE · FR
- Marc ANGELS&D · LU
- Gerolf ANNEMANSPfE · BE
- Lucia ANNUNZIATAS&D · IT
- Giuseppe ANTOCIThe Left · IT
- Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍAEPP · ES
- Pascal ARIMONTEPP · BE
- Sakis ARNAOUTOGLOUS&D · GR
- Anja ARNDTESN · DE
- Konstantinos ARVANITISThe Left · GR
- Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZEPP · PL
- Jaume ASENS LLODRÀGreens/EFA · ES
- Francisco ASSISS&D · PT
- Daniel ATTARDS&D · MT
- Manon AUBRYThe Left · FR
- René AUSTESN · DE
- Petras AUŠTREVIČIUSRenew · LT
- Adrian-George AXINIAECR · RO
- Malik AZMANIRenew · NL
- Thomas BAJADAS&D · MT
- Jeannette BALJEURenew · NL
- Laura BALLARÍN CEREZAS&D · ES
- Jordan BARDELLAPfE · FR
- Katarina BARLEYS&D · DE
- Dan BARNARenew · RO
- Pernando BARRENA ARZAThe Left · ES
- Stephen Nikola BARTULICAECR · HR
- Nikola BARTŮŠEKECR · CZ
- Arno BAUSEMERESN · DE
- Nicolas BAYECR · FR
- Christophe BAYPfE · FR
- Wouter BEKEEPP · BE
- Fredis BELERISEPP · GR
- François-Xavier BELLAMYEPP · FR
- Dragoş BENEAS&D · RO
- Brando BENIFEIS&D · IT
- Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEAEPP · ES
- Hildegard BENTELEEPP · DE
- Sibylle BERGNon-attached · DE
- Stefan BERGEREPP · DE
- Sergio BERLATOECR · IT
- Alexander BERNHUBEREPP · AT
- Monika BEŇOVÁNon-attached · SK
From the Parliament's press release
- The digital euro would be a new, electronic form of money issued by the European Central Bank (ECB) and would work online and offline
- Privacy safeguards would be built into the digital euro. Transactions would be verified without exposing personal data, which would be processed only to the extent strictly necessary for the system to function
- Most businesses would be required to accept digital euro. Exceptions would apply to the self-employed and small and micro enterprises that do not accept other digital payments.
- Basic services, such as opening an account, holding and managing funds, and access to at least one payment instrument, would be free of charge.
- To protect the financial system, there would be a cap on how many digital euros any individual could hold
- Banks and payment service providers (PSPs) from non-euro EU countries would be allowed to distribute the digital euro
- Euro area countries would be obliged to keep cash accessible, businesses would not be allowed to ban cash and member states would need to monitor cash availability regularly, with special attention to vulnerable groups, such as the elderly, low-income individuals, and people without access to the traditional banking system.